| 1:2 |
in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace, |
in those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in the citadel of Susa, |
| 1:10 |
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, |
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Karkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, |
| 1:12 |
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the kings commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him. |
But queen Vashti refused to come at the kings commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him. |
| 1:15 |
What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs? |
According to the law, what should we do to Queen Vashti because she has not obeyed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs? |
| 1:16 |
Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus. |
Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. |
| 1:20 |
When the kings decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom for it is great, all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small. |
When the kings decree is published throughout his kingdom, great as it is, all the wives, both great and small, will give their husbands honor. |
| 2:7 |
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncles daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. |
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncles daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was lovely in form and beautiful; and when they had died, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. |
| 2:15 |
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the kings eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her. |
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the kings eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her. |
| 2:20 |
Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him. |
Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, as she did when he was bringing her up. |
| 2:21 |
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the kings gate, two of the kings eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus. |
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the kings gate, two of the kings eunuchs, Bigthana and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. |
| 4:14 |
For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your fathers house will perish. Who knows if you havent come to the kingdom for such a time as this? |
For if you remain silent silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place. But you and your fathers house, yall will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this. |
| 4:16 |
Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish. |
You go and gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and yall fast for me. Yall must not eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish. |
| 5:3 |
Then the king asked her, What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom. |
Then the king asked her, What would you like, Queen Esther? What is your request? It will be given you even to the half of the kingdom. |
| 5:5 |
Then the king said, Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. |
Then the king said, Yall bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. |
| 5:6 |
The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. |
The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your petition? It will be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it will be granted. |
| 5:7 |
Then Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is this. |
Then Esther answered and said, My petition and my request is this: |
| 6:2 |
It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kings eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus. |
It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kings eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. |
| 6:5 |
The kings servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. The king said, Let him come in. |
The kings servants said to him, It is Haman who stands in the court. The king said, Let him come in. |
| 6:6 |
So Haman came in. The king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, Who would the king delight to honor more than myself? |
So Haman came in. The king said to him, What should be done for the man the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, Who would the king delight to honor more than myself? |
| 6:9 |
Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the kings most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor! |
Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the kings most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, Thus it will be done for the man the king delights to honor! |
| 6:11 |
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor! |
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, Thus it will be done for the man the king delights to honor! |
| 6:13 |
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him. |
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not overcome him, but you will fall fall before him. |
| 7:2 |
The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. |
The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, Queen Esther? It will be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it will be done. |
| 7:9 |
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king, said, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Hamans house. The king said, Hang him on it! |
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king, said, Look, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Hamans house. The king said, Yall hang him on it! |
| 8:8 |
Write also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the kings name, and seal it with the kings ring; for the writing which is written in the kings name, and sealed with the kings ring, may not be reversed by any man. |
Yall are to write to the Jews in the kings name what seems good in yalls eyes. Then yall should seal it with the kings ring; for the writing which is written in the kings name, and sealed with the kings ring, may not be reversed by any man. |
| 9:2 |
the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people. |
the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people. |
| 9:12 |
The king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done. |
The king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces! Now what is your petition? It will be granted you. What is your further request? It will be done. |
| 9:19 |
Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day of sending presents of food to one another. |
This is why the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day of sending presents of food to one another. |
| 9:20 |
Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far, |
Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, |
| 9:24 |
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them and to destroy them; |
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them and to destroy them; |
| 9:30 |
He sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred twenty seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus with words of peace and truth, |
He sent letters to all the Jews in the one hundred twenty seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus with words of peace and truth, |